Lexus shows off the first real hoverboard
- 9 years ago
Lexus has unveiled the first real, working hoverboard.
After months where people expressed polite disbelief over preview videos of the device, the car giant has shown off a board powered by superconductors and magnets which can ride over a specially made magnetic track.
So you can’t ride it EVERYWHERE, in other words: it relies on liquid nitrogen-cooled superconductors and permanent magnets to generate enough magnetism to ‘levitate’ above a metal track.
The ‘smoke’ coming out of the side is super-cool liquid nitrogen, needed to make the superconductors work.
It’s not that different to various gadgets shown off in lab demos – and also quite difficult to ride, as even pro skateboarder Ross McGouran keeps falling off.
It’s pretty cool – but don’t expect one of these in your Christmas stocking.
Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2015/08/05/lexus-shows-off-the-first-real-hoverboard-heres-how-it-works-5327789/#ixzz3hwO8gyyc
After months where people expressed polite disbelief over preview videos of the device, the car giant has shown off a board powered by superconductors and magnets which can ride over a specially made magnetic track.
So you can’t ride it EVERYWHERE, in other words: it relies on liquid nitrogen-cooled superconductors and permanent magnets to generate enough magnetism to ‘levitate’ above a metal track.
The ‘smoke’ coming out of the side is super-cool liquid nitrogen, needed to make the superconductors work.
It’s not that different to various gadgets shown off in lab demos – and also quite difficult to ride, as even pro skateboarder Ross McGouran keeps falling off.
It’s pretty cool – but don’t expect one of these in your Christmas stocking.
Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2015/08/05/lexus-shows-off-the-first-real-hoverboard-heres-how-it-works-5327789/#ixzz3hwO8gyyc